The Tibetan Buddhist prayer flag is called Lung-Ta, “Windhorse” after the horse which carries the prayers of the faithful upward towards the heavens. In 2008, composer Clearfield and artist Maureen Drdak trekked to Lo Monthang, a remote region of northern Nepal, which is one of the world’s last remaining enclaves of pure Tibetan culture, to research the music and art. Commissioned by Network for New Music, the collaboration with Maureen Drdak, painter and Group Motion Dance Company, Manfred Fischbeck, artistic director, was premiere at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, 2009. The concert version of Lung-Ta was premiered in 2011 by Network for New Music. The midwest premiere of Lung-Ta took place in May, 2012 at the Rockefeller Memorial Chapel with the University of Chicago New Music Ensemble under the direction of Barbara Schubert. The complete multi-media work is, in essence, a 25-minute-long prayer celebrating the common themes of eastern and western philosophy. Lung-Ta was presented as a gift to His Holiness the Dalai Lama as an initiative for world peace in 2009. Watch Lung-Ta/Nepal slide show with Lung-Ta audio on the Gallery page..“Stunning premiere” –Philadelphia City Paper, March, 2009

Califia is a collaborative installation performance work with filmmaker/poet Quintan Ana Wiksw, choreographer Manfred Fischbeck and violinist Gloria Justen. Created through a residency at Montalvo Arts Center. Winner of the 2014 International Alliance for Women in Music Annual Concert Award. More info here.

“The featured piece of the evening was Schwarzer Tod and The Useless Eaters, an interrogation of violence, transcendence and liberation beautifully balanced with the use of dance, music, video and spoken word.” - Dena Scott, The Dance Journal, 11/11

Big Lump (electronics, 2012) in collaboration with visual artist Itty Neuhaus for an art installation. Video, timelapse photography, performative action drawing iceberg and puncturing page by Itty Neuhaus. Glacier sounds recorded by Katie Paterson are used as source material for the short electronic composition.